# Ambivalid: I know a crackhead, so I'm professor of crackology now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554 "2012-05-01T20:41:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/81 "2012-05-02T21:15:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What’re _you_ smokin? Not crack, because then he’d be so busy giving blowjobs and getting scabs on his lips he’d have no time to post. That’s according to our resident expert on crackheads anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/82 "2012-05-02T22:47:37Z")
Never had a scab on my lip (upper _or_ lower). _Does happy dance_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/83 "2012-05-02T22:49:21Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > I find it really interesting how stuff has played out in that thread. T > > wo nights ago, majority rule seemed to be in line with the OP, and comments were personally attacking and “you are wrong because I have second hand experience” in nature. Comments were broad and vague and stereotypical. > > Today, OP is a party of one and his statements are becoming much more flexible and not-so-absolute/extreme. The expertise is now much closer, in more direct experience (users, treatment providers), and more consistent with looking at the bigger picture. > > For whatever it’s worth, it’s made me appreciate effective communication and a good debate, as well as how much this community values those factors needed to formulate a strong argument. Seriously? A space between the “T” and the “w” in Two? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/84 "2012-05-02T22:51:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Not crack, because then he’d be so busy giving blowjobs and getting scabs on his lips he’d have no time to post. That’s according to our resident expert on crackheads anyway. Scabs are from opioids, do try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/85 "2012-05-02T23:39:55Z")
Whitney Houston was a prostitute? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/86 "2012-05-02T23:46:05Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Whitney Houston was a prostitute? Least ways she’d always love YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/87 "2012-05-02T23:51:36Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Whitney Houston was a prostitute? She most likely would have been had she not been a millionaire celebrity. She was surrounded by money and enablers. She didn’t _have_ to prostitute herself to get her crack. Had she not died early (of a cocaine-related death), she would have eventually wound up broke and alone. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/88 "2012-05-03T01:09:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Seriously? A space between the “T” and the “w” in Two? Seriously? I posted from my phone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/89 "2012-05-03T01:10:52Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Scabs are from opioids, do try to keep up. No they’re not. Go get schooled in that thread by the expertS you twit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/90 "2012-05-03T02:12:17Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > She most likely would have been had she not been a millionaire celebrity. She was surrounded by money and enablers. She didn’t _have_ to prostitute herself to get her crack. Had she not died early (of a cocaine-related death), she would have eventually wound up broke and alone. Is it scary having this power, knowing the fates of all mankind in alternate universes? Tell me, what would have happened to me if I hadn’t gone back to grad school? Would I still have the same job? Would I be a crack whore or a regular whore? ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/91 "2012-05-03T02:20:42Z")
Ambivalid wasn’t the only know-it-all in that thread. Just the loudest and most persistent, and the most unpopular. There-I said it. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/92 "2012-05-03T02:32:36Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > Ambivalid wasn’t the only know-it-all in that thread. Just the loudest and most persistent, and the most unpopular. There-I said it. That thread be damned, he’s all that here. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/93 "2012-05-03T02:57:30Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > Seriously? I posted from my phone. 🙂 Seriously? I’m posting from my dying sister’s bedside. Am I using that as an excuse for typos? ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/94 "2012-05-03T03:08:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Seriously? I’m posting from my dying sister’s bedside. Am I using that as an excuse for typos? Seriously? Please subscribe me to your newletter. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/95 "2012-05-03T12:40:12Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Is it scary having this power, knowing the fates of all mankind in alternate universes? Tell me, what would have happened to me if I hadn’t gone back to grad school? Would I still have the same job? Would I be a crack whore or a regular whore? Aw Smeghead, you’d never just be a regular whore. You’d always be a special whore to us. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/96 "2012-05-03T13:10:53Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > She most likely would have been had she not been a millionaire celebrity. She was surrounded by money and enablers. She didn’t _have_ to prostitute herself to get her crack. Had she not died early (of a cocaine-related death), she would have eventually wound up broke and alone. So now rich people get an exception from the prostituting affect of crack? Are there any other sociological/physiological interactions that are unique to crack? ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/97 "2012-05-03T13:30:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > She most likely would have been had she not been a millionaire celebrity. She was surrounded by money and enablers. She didn’t _have_ to prostitute herself to get her crack. Had she not died early (of a cocaine-related death), she would have eventually wound up broke and alone. You are ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/98 "2012-05-03T14:04:08Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > She most likely would have been had she not been a millionaire celebrity. Aha, but, I am not a millionaire celebrity and I am not a crackhead, so that blows your little theory out of the water. QED, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/99 "2012-05-03T18:18:34Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Aha, but, I am not a millionaire celebrity and I am not a crackhead, so that blows your little theory out of the water. QED, bitch. ??? Good for you. I am talking about those who have a crack addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/100 "2012-05-03T18:20:05Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > So now rich people get an exception from the prostituting affect of crack? Are there any other sociological/physiological interactions that are unique to crack? Of course a rich person would be an ‘exception’. At least for as long as they were “rich”. How is this even noteworthy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554.md?page=6)